Collapsible pillow.



Y. HARA.

COLLAPSIBLE PILLOW.

APPLICATION man MAR. 30. |911.

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INVENTOR Humo 54M TTOHNEY Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

YASAVRO HARA, OF SAN FRANCISCO, GALIFORNIA.

COLLAPSIBLE PILLOW.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1917.

Application filed March 30, 1917. Serial No. 158,559.

i To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, YAsAvRo HARA, a subject of the Emperor of Japan,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in CollapsiblePillows, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a pillow which can becollapsed into a small compass.

1n the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of the pillow; Fig.2 is a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a broken longitudinalsection of the pillow partly collapsed, certain parts being omitted;Fig. 4 is a cross section; Fig. 5 is a detail view of a spreader; Fig. 6is an end view with the outer covering broken away.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates circular end boards, to the outerside of each of which is secured by tacks 2 a circular piece of canvasor of like strong fabric. In the circular edge of said canvas piece,projecting beyond the edge of the adjacent end board, are securedeyelets 4, and to each eyelct is secured one end of a coiled spring (i,of which the other end is secured to an eyelet 7, said eyelets 7 being.secured in an end of a piece of canvas 8 arranged in a cylindrical formand extending between the two end boards. Secured by screws 9 to theinner side of each end board is a cross bar 11 having in the center'asocket 12. Between said end boards extends a spreader 13, which consistsof two pieces of stout steel wire, pivoted together near one end of eachpiece, as shown at lll, each piece having its end nearer the pivot bentat right angles and curved t0 form an elbow 16 to receive the longer armof the other piece and support the same when the pieces are insubstantial alinement.

The longer arm of each piece is bent at right angles, as shown at 17,and then again at right angles in a direction approximately parallelwith the main portion of the piece, as shown at 18, the free end of thepart 18 being received in the socket 12 of the adjacent cross bar 11.

Around the canvas casing of the pillow is secured an ornamental covering19, gathered at the centers of its ends, as shown at 22.

rlhe mode of use of the pillow will be obvious from the foregoingdescription. Vhen it is desired to collapse the same the spreader isfolded in the middle causing it to be collapsed and is removed throughthe slits in the canvas and outer covering. The ends of the pillow canthen be placed t0- gether with the fabricv between them. To extend thepillow for use, the ends of the longer arms of the spreaderare placed inthe sockets 12, and the two pieces of wire are pushed slightly past theline between the sockets, in which position said pieces'areapproximately in a straight line, but the spring of the metal holds thelong arms of the spreader against the elbows 16 thereof.

A collapsible pillow comprising end boards each formed with a socket, apiece of fabric extending between the end boards and secured thereto,and the collapsible spreader comprising two metallic pieces pivotedtogether and each having an end adapted to be received in one of saidsockets and also having an elbow at the other end adapted to support theother piece when said pieces extend in an approximately straight line. i

Y. HARA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C.

